tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post1075710347642436431..comments2024-03-26T11:32:37.965-07:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: New York CIty Council Bill Would Prevent Independent Environmental Disaster TestingJenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-14320090843595724402008-01-20T04:24:00.000-08:002008-01-20T04:24:00.000-08:00Slower boats to China as ship owners save fuelhttp...Slower boats to China as ship owners save fuel<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/01/20/slower_boats_to_china_as_ship_owners_save_fuel/" REL="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/01/20/slower_boats_to_china_as_ship_owners_save_fuel/</A><BR/><BR/>Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.<BR/><BR/>more stories like thisThe world's first commercial ship powered partly by a giant kite sets off on a maiden voyage from Bremen to Venezuela on Tuesday, in an experiment which inventor Stephan Wrage hopes can wipe 20 percent, or $1,600, from the ship's daily fuel bill.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-45137969633648487312008-01-18T03:59:00.000-08:002008-01-18T03:59:00.000-08:00Fund stops investor withdrawals http://newsvote.bb...Fund stops investor withdrawals <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7195391.stm" REL="nofollow">http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7195391.stm</A><BR/><BR/>A rush to withdraw money from its commercial property funds has forced Scottish Equitable to introduce delays of up to 12 months for its customers.<BR/><BR/>It affects investors in the Scottish Equitable Property fund, Select Reserve fund and Select Distribution fund. <BR/><BR/>Aegon UK, which runs the fund, blames the rush to the exits on concerns about the US sub-prime mortgage collapse, recession worries and interest rates.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-28698333217747283992008-01-16T16:00:00.000-08:002008-01-16T16:00:00.000-08:00Mitsubishi UFJ is supposedly one of the Japanese f...Mitsubishi UFJ is supposedly one of the Japanese financial institutions standing ready to bail out Wall Street, but now we know that MUFJ has problems that are more serious than it acknowledged at first.<BR/>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2008/01/17/2003397674<BR/><BR/>Thieves Target Kansas Grain Elevators<BR/>http://www.kmbc.com/news/15050101/detail.html<BR/>Food is now worth stealing, big time. And this is just the start. Here in Japan, every summer there are reports of vegetable and grape thieves who come at night and clean out a field or vineyard. And in the fall, after the rice harvest, come the rice thieves. So imagine how bad it's going to get as food becomes still more expensive. Start your gardens now, and think about posting watchdogs.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-65686155470090146172008-01-15T09:11:00.000-08:002008-01-15T09:11:00.000-08:00Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park'http...Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park'<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/23/cccrisis123.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox" REL="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/23/cccrisis123.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox</A><BR/><BR/>As the credit paralysis stretches through its fifth month, a chorus of economists has begun to warn that the world's central banks are fighting the wrong war, and perhaps risk a policy error of epochal proportions.<BR/><BR/>"Liquidity doesn't do anything in this situation," says Anna Schwartz, the doyenne of US monetarism and life-time student (with Milton Friedman) of the Great Depression.<BR/><BR/>"It cannot deal with the underlying fear that lots of firms are going bankrupt. The banks and the hedge funds have not fully acknowledged who is in trouble. That is the critical issue," she adds.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-51651362836880965752008-01-14T16:19:00.000-08:002008-01-14T16:19:00.000-08:00Fuel taxes and road maintenance -- just as I said....Fuel taxes and road maintenance -- just as I said.<BR/>http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/2008/01/fuel-taxes-and-road-maintenance.htmlRice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-19272363596910348922008-01-14T15:39:00.000-08:002008-01-14T15:39:00.000-08:00Thanks for the essay, Jenna. It's an excellent exa...Thanks for the essay, Jenna. It's an excellent example of how elites increase their monopoly over information and keep us in the dark.<BR/><BR/>Other news:<BR/>India to build strategic crude oil storages as insurance<BR/>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/India_to_build_strategic_crude_oil_storages_as_insurance/articleshow/2699599.cmsRice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-23847379155662050932008-01-14T12:15:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:15:00.000-08:00Rising development costs push up oil futures curve...Rising development costs push up oil futures curve<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1128994320080111" REL="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1128994320080111</A><BR/><BR/>Rising costs for oil companies are driving up prices for crude oil futures through 2016, keeping supplies struggling to match growing oil demand outside the United States.<BR/><BR/>"The hopes for a flood of supply in the next several years appear unlikely to happen, particularly when looking at rising demand from the emerging-market economies," said John Kilduff, senior vice president of MF Global.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.com